Awning.



PATENTED JUNE 4 1907.

T. H. REES. AWNING.

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AWNING.

Specification'of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed December 28, 1903. Serial No. 186,770.

To (all whom 2125 may concern:

Be it known that I, Tno'iiixs HENRY REES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Awning, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to awnings that have a roller at the top upon which the awning cloth is wra )ped, and the objects of my improvement are, simplicity of'construction, ease of operation, inexpensiveness of manu facture and convenience of adaptation to admit light and air. I attain these objects by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the inner part of the awning; Fig. 2, a detail view of the operating line, the winding drum and the ball bearing; Fig. 3, an elevation of the inner side of the front of the awning showing the side wings folded up preparatory to rolling the awning up; Fig. l, a plan view of the frame and the lines for operating the side wings; and, Fig. 5, a longitudinal elevation of the roller and its drum mounted in the brackets and showing the ball bearing and' the drum in section.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The numeral 1 represents the front cloth of the awning; 2, a side wing; 3, a revolving bracket in which the roller 21 is mounted 4, is the winding drum upon which the operating line, 5, is wound. The brackets, 3, are preferably cast and have at the top, where the awning is journaled in them, a small boss cast on the inner side. This boss is bored out to form the ball race in which the balls, 15 run. In the center of the ball race is placed a circular cone, 16, having its periphery suitably grooved to roll upon the balls 15, and being slightly shorter in The cone 16 is centrally pierced with a hole adapted to receive the journal pin 18 of roller 21 so that the pin fits snugly in the hole. The cone 16 and balls 15 are covered by a washer, 22, of standard size. The bottom of the ball race is pierced centrally by a perforation suf- 'liciently large to allow pin 18 to pass through freely and likewise the hole in washer 22 is larger than pin 18, so that even when the bearing has worn considerably the pin 18 will not touch the metal of washer 22 or bracket 3, but will continue to revolve freely.

The drum 4 has a thin hub extension, in order that it may be fitted to rollers 21 so that it will run true thereon, and is so placed on the roller that it extends slightly beyond the end of the roller and covers the boss of bracket 3 and the washer 22. By this arrangement drum 4 is brought as near as possible to the window casing and thus the minimum of space is left between the awnin and the window frame.

through which sunlight may penetrate. The journal pin 18 is a plain straight pin driven into the end of the roller. The end of the roller 21 opposite. drum 4 is provided with a flange 19, placed on the end of the roller similarly to drum 4, in order to prevent the edge of the awning from rubbing and chafing against bracket 3.

The side wings, 2, are left detached from the side bars of the frame 14, in order that they may be folded in against the front of the awning to admit air and preparatory to rolling the awning up. It has been customary in awnings of this kind, where provision is made to fold in the side wings, to sew rings to the inner side of the front cloth of the awning and pass cords through these. But this arrangement causes the front cloth of the awning to bag and eventually tears a hole at the place where the ring is attached. I have, therefore, secured a screw eye 13 in the front bar of the awning frame 14 and pass the wing-controlling cords through this, thus providing a rigid fastening. On the left hand side arm of framele, near the window casing, is secured the cleat 20 for attaching the wing-controlling cords 6 and 7, when the wings are folded in preparatory to rolling the awning up. Rings 9 are secured to the side wings a short distance from the inner edge; and hooks 10 are secured to the wings at the inner edge. Screw eyes, 11, are secured in the window casing and serve for attching hooks 10. Corresponding ends of lines 6 and 7 are tied to hookslO. hooks 10 the lines 6 and-7 pass through rings 9, thence through screw eyes 13, and thence are returned together to the right hand side of the Window casing and secured to cleat 12 where they may be reached when it is desired to operate the wings. The cleat, 12, is also for securing line 5.

Having thus described my invention so that any one skilled in the art pertaining thereto may make and use it, I do not desire to claim all the parts, for I am aware that awnings have been mounted upon rollers From a IIO and controlled with operating lines wound upon the said rollers and that awnings have been made with folding side wings. But

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In an awning, the combination of a roller for the awning cloth, a swinging awning frame, movable side-wings, securing hooks attached to the free corners of said side-wings, a ring on the inside of the body of each side-wingat some distance from its edges, a ring at the middle of the front bar of said awning frame, cords attached to said securing-hooks passing through said rings on said sidewings and passing through said ring secured to said front bar of the frame and returning to the window-casing, substantially as specified.

2. In a window awning, the combination of a swinging frame, a journaled roller, a winding-drum on said roller, a hand-rope wound on said drum and adapted to unwind when pulled by the hand of the operator and wind the awning on said roller, astationary fastening-cleat for said hand-rope, triangular side-wings secured by one edge to the main cover-cloth of the awning and having the other two edges free, securing-hooks attached to the free corner of each sidewing, stationary fastening-eyes for said securinghooks, a guide-ring on the body of each sidewing at some distance from its edges, a guidemiddle of the front bar of said swinging frame,

and thence to the window-casing, and a fastening cleat for said wing-operating cord on the side-bars of said swinging frame, substantially as specified.

3. In an awning, the combination of a swinging frame, triangular side-wings free to swing and fold inward, an eye or pulley .on the middle of the front bar of said swinging frame, an awning roller, two wing-operating cords, one attached to the free corner of each of said. side-wings and converging thence to and passing through said eye or pulley on the middle of the front bar, a guide-ring attached to the inner side of the body of each of said side-wings at some distance from its edges adapted to guide said wing-operating cords and cooperate to double and fold the free corners of the wings over to it and fold the wings upon the under side of the main body of the awning when said cord isdrawn, substantially as specified.

THOMAS HENRY REES.

Witnesses JOHN KN BEsOHUI-I, ,A. KNoBEL. 

